interior design FF&E Sustainable design 20/20 Revit AutoCAD 3D

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December 01, 2014

Wendy Yao Li

Email: **********@*****.***

Web: http://wendyliyao.wix.com/portfolio

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Master of Fine Arts - Interior Architecture & Design (Aug 2011- May 2014)

Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Interior & Landscape Design (Sep 2006 – Jun 2010)

Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China

Bachelor of Science – Environmental Psychology, (Sep 2006 – Jun 2010)

Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China

EXPERIENCE

Kitchen & Bathroom Designer – NCE Home Décor (Concord, CA, USA) July 2014 - Present

Designed several kitchens and bathrooms in East Bay by 20/20 within clients’ budgets

Coordinated with clients, sub-contractors and vendors

Purchase order for clients, followed up with shipping, color match of tiles, cabinets and countertop.

Interior Design Internship - Adeeni Design Group (San Francisco, CA, USA) Aug 2013 - Mar 2014

Participated in the renovation design of a residential house with 2,400 square feet and $50,000 budget in Pacific Height, SF

Created CAD files, 3D models, renderings and finding furniture and fixtures

Inspected, cleaned, packed and restored antique vintage items for the clients

Sourced fabric and contacted vendors in Design Center of San Francisco

Organized material library and clients’ files

Interior Design Assistant - Yuanzhou Interior Design & Construction Co. Ltd. (Datong, China)

Jun 2009 – Sep 2011

Assisted in designing two apartments in Longyuan community with 1,100 sf and 300,000 RMB budget

Created floor plans with AutoCAD for two apartments

Saved reconstruction cost, discovered mistake in minibar

Decorator & Painter - Beijing Longmai Decoration Co. Ltd. (Beijing, China) May 2008 – Sep 2008

Made the advertisement brochures of previous projects, which increased 2% new clients

Created 2 mix-media decorative paintings for the new Shangri-La Hotel in Beijing

SKILLS

Revit, AutoCAD, 20/20, 3DMax, V-Ray, SketchUp, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat; Microsoft Office; Quickbook

Free hand sketching; Wacom digital drawing; water color, fast marker, and color pencil rendering

Concept and design development, site and user group analysis

Corporate, commercial, residential & hospitality design; color, material, FF&E specifications; sustainable design

MEMBERSHIPS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Membership: IIDA, USGBC, NEWH

Etch Hotel Won 2nd place of Design Excellent Rewards of ASID, Sep 2014

Winner of the ASID Icon Gallery April 2014

Excellent Graduate Student of Shanxi University Award for ranking 10 out of 187 in 2010, China

Furniture Design Patent: foldable suitcase chair design was selected for a patent on 11th Zhangjiang Cup 2008, China